E vidhamulanaina
Sahityam
Pallavi
E vidhamulanaina kAni nann-
Elukona¹ manasu rAdA rAma
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Elukona¹ manasu rAdA rAma
O Lord Sri Rama! Won’t You condescend to govern me by any means whatsoever?
Anupallavi
bhAviJci jUcupaTla nIvE
brOva valenu kAni vErevvaru (E)
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brOva valenu kAni vErevvaru (E)
With regard to my own feelings, You alone should protect me; otherwise, who else is there?
Charanams Combined
pAvana rUpa parAtpara nI² pAda
sEvanu kOritiyI³ bhU-surulanu
nI vale karuNA nidhiyai brOcina
dEvatalevarurA rAma (E)
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sEvanu kOritiyI³ bhU-surulanu
nI vale karuNA nidhiyai brOcina
dEvatalevarurA rAma (E)
O Lord of Holy form! O Supreme Lord Beyond everything! I desired service at Your Holy feet; O Lord Sri Rama! Which are the other Gods who protected these Brahmanas, like You, being Ocean of Mercy?
dIna dayApara mUrtivi nIvani
nE nera nammitirA adi gAkanu
dAnava garva vidAraNa nEnu
sadA ninu vEDitirA rAma (E)
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nE nera nammitirA adi gAkanu
dAnava garva vidAraNa nEnu
sadA ninu vEDitirA rAma (E)
I believed totally that You are the Lord who is most merciful towards the humble; further, O Lord Sri Rama - destroyer of arrogance of demons! I always entreated You.
sAkSAtkAramu⁴ nIvE nIdu
kaTAkSamu lEkayevaru bratikiri jagat-
sAkSiyaina jIvanaja⁵ daLAyat-
AkSa tyAgarAja pakSa ipu(DE)
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kaTAkSamu lEkayevaru bratikiri jagat-
sAkSiyaina jIvanaja⁵ daLAyat-
AkSa tyAgarAja pakSa ipu(DE)
You alone are the Lord manifest in this World; who ever survived without Your grace? O Lord with elongated eyes like the petal of Lotus - born of water - who is the witness of the Universe! O Lord who is on the side of this Thyagaraja! Won’t You condescend to govern me now by any means whatsoever?
Variations
- 1 Elukona manasu rAdA –ElukO manasu rAdA : Elukona manasu rAdA - is the appropriate version.
- 2 nI pAda – nI pada
- 3 kOritiyI – kOritiyE - kOritira : kOritiyI - seems to be more appropriate.
- 4 sAkSAtkAramu – sAkSAtkAramuna
Commentary
- 5 jIvanaja – jIvana - also means ‘water’ – life giver; therefore ‘jIvanaja ’ means Lotus – water born.